Fencepost



C. B. BAUMGARTNER.

FENCEPOST.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, I9I9.

1,343,544. i Patented June 15, 1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

atented J une 15, 1920.

Original application filed May 20, 1919, Serial No. 298,454. Divided and this application filed September 8, 1919. Serial No. 322,490.

To all 'Lv/wm it 77mg/ conce/rn Be it known that I, Grmnnns Barnuoiin'rNnn, a citizen of the United States oi1 America, and a resident of Mancl'iester` Delaware county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenceposts, oi' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tence posts, and the object of my improve ment .is to construct a metal 'fence post with integral ifasteninl means for fence wires, which will. permit the wires to be easily and quickly connected to the post and be firmly and securely held thereon.

This application is a division ot my pend ing application, Serial No. 298,454, filed May 20, 1919.

The above object has been successfully accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of my improved tence post, taken at an angle ot ninety degrees i'rom each other; Fin'. 5 is an enlarged detail elevation of the upper end ot' the post showing' the method oi' securing a 'tence wire thereon, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section ot said post taken above the anchoring device thereon.

Similar numerals oi? reference denote correspOndine` parts throughout the several views.

rlhe metal post l may be ot any desired form of cross section. but is preferably made of T-bar section with the usual medial web or flange 2. Upon the lower part ot the post and spaced some distance from its lower end, a special anchorin` device is tlxed being a plate bent and shaped to provide two hollow structures 9 and 10' secured to the main body ot the post by rivets, and to the web 2 by bolts 6. This device, when embedded in the ground as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, serves to lirrnly anchor the post against different lateral strains, but this device will not be more particularly described herein, as it terms the subject matter et my said copending` application.

My improved wire fastening,` means are produced by suitable section and slotting ot the web 2. The operation may be performed by any desired means, but results ,in the making of a number of spaced rectangular longitudinally alined slots or oritices 5 and the partial cutting away of tongue-shaped projections 3 along said oriiices. The projections 3 are bent to one side to extend upwardly and obliquely, with their upper ends suiliciently i'ar from the web 2 to permit of the insertion therebetween ot a fence wire 7.

The method oi mountin,r the wire 'T in the above described fastening means is shown in Fig. 3. The wire 7 is grasped between the hands and obliquely bent so that it may be passed through the interspace of the projection 3 and the web 2 to enter the upper part ot the slot 5, where it normally, when under longitudinal strain, rests in contact with the upper horizontal wall 4l of the slot. This wall forms a shoulder that retains the wire, and as the shoulder 4l is located intermediate the length oi4I the projection 3, the wire cannot escape from said slot unless it is manually removed by reversing the action illustrated in Fig. 3. lt is therefore not necessary to close the projections 3 atter the wires are so inserted in the slots as the wires are sutliciently secured and may be readily removed when desired.

Having described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A post having` wire receiving and holding` means, said means consisting of a projection partially incised Jfrom the post rectang'ularly and bent at a small angle there- 'from opening upwardly, the incision removing` a portion of the post to provide a slotted oriiiee with the top ot the slot constituting a shoulder located below the top of the projection.

2. A post having a vertical longitudinal rib, said rib having' a rectangular longitudinally elongated slot, the rib being;` slit lonpitudinall).7 upward beginning from the upper outer corner of the slot, then outwardly horizontallyy to its outer edge. providing an upwardly projecting` tongue oil set at its upper part above the level ot' said slot, said tongue being` bent lateralljv slivhtly to afford clearance for reception of an obliquely disposed wire into the slot.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 6th day otl August, 1919.

CHARLLS B. BAUMGARTNER. 

